Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
190,605 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to row 161 entitled Lightning Programme in the spreadsheet accompanying the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority's document entitled NISTA Major Projects Annual Report 2025-
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of water pipe movement in dry soils on the volume of water lost due to broken pipes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress she has made on commissioning firefighting planes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Major Projects Annual Report 2025 to 2026, Tables, Future Combat Air System, whether the current Delivery Confidence Assessment a
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Major Projects Annual Report 2025 to 2026, Tables, Mine Hunting Capability, what steps he is taking to improve the Delivery Confi
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Major Projects Annual Report 2025 to 2026, Tables, Type 31, by when does he plan to reset the programme’s Approved Budgetary Limi
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Major Projects Annual Report 2025 to 2026, Tables, Ground Based Air Defence, for what reason was the agreed Whole Life Cost cut f
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Major Projects Annual Report 2025 to 2026, Tables, Type 31, whether he expects to be able to deliver the Type 31 programme by its
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress she has made on delivering the Fens Reservoir.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Section 57 spray irrigation restrictions have been applied to licences in the Huntingdon constituency in August 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's press release entitled PM: Farmers should not carry the risk of a changing climate alone, published on 14 August 2026, what existing schemes within D
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's Preliminary market engagement notice 2026/S 000-077285, published on 28 May 2025, under what circumstances would the Future Asylum Contracts Transformation programme
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Preliminary market engagement notice 2026/S 000-077285, published on 28 May 2025, how many properties are required within the scope of the Future Asylum Contracts Transformation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what investment his Department made in improving the physical condition of the prison estate at HMP Northallerton between 1997 and 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the specific reason cited for the closure of HMP Northallerton and on what date was that decision taken.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to procurement notice 713027450 Project TROUBLER, published on 4 March 2025, what is the planning assumption for service entry for the new 5.56mm lightweight assault machine gun.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Major Projects Annual Report 2025 to 2026, Tables, Protector, what progress he has made in resolving the Protector programme’s Fu
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Major Projects Annual Report 2025 to 2026, Tables, Multi Role Strike Ship, what was the change to the programme total cost that c
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Major Projects Annual Report 2025 to 2026, Tables, Future Air Dominance System, whether he has built the evidence needed to infor
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Major Projects Annual Report 2025 to 2026, Tables, SKYNET 6 (aka FBLOS), following the publication of the Defence Investment Plan
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Major Projects Annual Report 2025 to 2026, Tables, Armed Forces Recruitment Programme, which aspects of the service are not progr
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Major Projects Annual Report 2025 to 2026, Tables, Armour Main Battle Tank Programme, what is the length of the forecast delay an
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Major Projects Annual Report 2025 to 2026, Tables, Next Generation (Fixed) Communication Network, how far beyond the allocated fu
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Major Projects Annual Report 2025 to 2026, Tables, Land Environment Tactical Communication and Information Systems, whether the p
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Major Projects Annual Report 2025 to 2026, Tables, Defence Estate Optimisation Portfolio, which projects have been resubmitted an